$2950, and good quality & handling is a great thing, and refreshing to hear
in this thread. The only excuse for cheap plastic parts and body in a FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLAR chevy is that is is legally allowed to have the word
"corvette" as its nameplate. It amazes me that wealthy people can casually
toss away over 50 grand on a whim for one of these only because of the name.
Of course they can't use the speed, so that blows much of its fun aspect
(except showing off), and no room (you don't buy one of these for
practicality - For a molecule more practicality, even buying a 1999, or 2000
'vette will get you the same looks, and save you THOUSANDS, but you won't be
able to say its a "2001", and people buying a 2001 obviously don't consider
a few thou a big deal!- I definately can't relate. :) )
Its also nice that porsche is bettering their fit and finish issues.
Larry
Motor Sport Visions Photography wrote:
> In a message dated 9/19/00 "Lex Jenkins" <lexjenkins@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> writes:
>
> <<I have to give Porsche credit for this: the 911 is the finest handling
> snowmobile I've ever driven.>>
>
> <snip>
>
> Lex, you obviously have not driven an Audi quattro yet. ;-) I have owned
> both and can emphatically say that a quattro blows a Porsche away in the
> snow, even a Carrera 4. The quattro list (an Audi enthusiast mail list I
> frequent at www.audifans.com) has many wonderful sagas every winter
> about quattros pulling out stuck snowplows, blowing off SUVs etc. They
> really are amazing and the more sporting ones handle really well in the
> dry too.
>
> << If I owned a 911 I'd bring a rivet gun, duct tape and bungee cords
> for keeping
> the bits together while having great fun driving. >>
>
> my wife's 1985 Volvo wagon (talk about plastic and falling apart).
>
> In my current "poor California parent mode" I bought my current quattro
> (1987 5000 turbo quattro, my 7th Audi) a little over 3 years ago for
> $2950.00, run boost mods to get ~225hp, and run it hard (drive it like
> you hate it as they say) and it is 175k miles old and still going
> strong. I've owned more than a couple cars of various makes and models
> over the years (like ~30 or so since 1979...call it a sickness) and
> found Porsches and Audis to be the best of the bunch I have owned for
> the most part. Wanna talk plastic and parts falling off? My life-long
> close friend's 1995 M3 is among the worst I have seen yet (but that
> thing is fun to flog I admit...and I do so every chance I get too <g>).
>
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